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Matthew Flinders' Cat

It records the relationship between a homeless former lawyer and alcoholic, and a young skateboard riding boy with a troubled background, who slowly bond over tales of Matthew Flinders and "Trim", a cat who travelled with him on his voyage to explore Australia.


1801 in the United Kingdom

18 July - Matthew Flinders sets out on a voyage to produce a detailed survey of the coastline of Australia, the southern coast of which is still unknown.

Banksia coccinea

The first known specimens of B. coccinea were collected in December 1801, during the visit to King George Sound of HMS Investigator under the command of Matthew Flinders.

Banksia repens

Robert Brown was familiar with Labillardière's work when he arrived in Australia on the HMS Investigator under Matthew Flinders in late 1801.

Caladenia

The genus was described by Robert Brown in 1810 from specimens that he sighted in most Australian states, as a member of Matthew Flinders' mapping and exploration voyage that circumnavigated Australia.

Cape Riche, Western Australia

Matthew Flinders aboard the Investigator charted the area in 1802 as part of his circumnavigation of Australia.

Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen

He released Matthew Flinders from house arrest in April 1810, a few months before the Battle of Grand Port (August) and the capitulation to the British on 3 December of the same year.

David Shapiro

Dr. Cat (born David Shapiro), president, co-founder, executive producer and creative director of Dragon's Eye Productions

Flinders bar

It is named after Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) who wrote a paper on ships' magnetism for the British Navy.

Flinders Bay

On Matthew Flinders Terra Australis Sheet 1 1801-1803 the area was originally known as Dangerous Bight.

Flinders County

Flinders County was named in honour of the navigator, hydrographer, and scientist Matthew Flinders (1774-1814).

Flinders Street, Adelaide

It is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders.

Flinders Street, Melbourne

It is named for the explorer Matthew Flinders, who was (erroneously) credited with discovering Port Phillip at the time of its naming.

Frankston High School

The names for each of the houses come from early explorers of Victoria and the Port Phillip region - George Bass, William Collins, Matthew Flinders, and John Murray.

Geelong Keys

Since the earliest proven English exploration of the area was by Matthew Flinders in 1802, writer Kenneth McIntyre suggested the keys may have originated with some earlier European explorers of the region, possibly Portuguese explorations.

Georges Hall, New South Wales

In 1796, George Bass, Matthew Flinders and the boy servant William Martin began an expedition to explore parts of the colony on a small boat called the Tom Thumb.

Gordon Institute of TAFE

William Humble (owner of the Vulcan Foundry) and George link (Matthew Flinders school headmaster) decided that a school of art be erected in his honour.

Harry Julian Fink

He wrote for various TV shows in the 1950s and 1960s, and also created several, including NBC's T.H.E. Cat, starring Robert Loggia, and Tate starring David McLean.

Henry James Evans

Evans was unaware at the time that the striking red cliffs along the coast had been remarked on much earlier when the Dutch ship Duyfken under Willem Janszoon charted the shores of Gulf of Carpentaria, making landfall at the Pennefather River in the Gulf of Carpentaria (the first authenticated European discovery of Australia), and again, in 1802, by Matthew Flinders.

Keswick Island

Keswick Island and neighbouring St Bees Island were first designated together as ‘L1 Island’ by Lieutenant Matthew Flinders, RN, in HMS Investigator in 1802.

Kingia

The plant featured in the drawing View of the south side of King George's Sound by expedition artist William Westall, which was later published as a plate in Matthew Flinders' 1810 A Voyage to Terra Australis; this is the first known image of the plant.

Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College

The school was to be named the Geelong National Grammar School, but the Governor said that should be named after Captain Matthew Flinders, the first European explorer to visit the You Yangs.

On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae

Brown had been botanist during Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia, and since returning in England in 1805 he had been preparing descriptions of the specimens collected during the voyage.

Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands

They were named in 1802 by Matthew Flinders in honour of Sir Edward Pellew, a fellow naval officer.

SS Yongala

Some speculated that she had been rendered helpless due to some unknown mishap between Whitsunday Passage and Cape Bowling Green or been overpowered by the extreme force of the wind; perhaps the anchors had been dropped causing the boat to slew broadside into the wind; others thought she had hit a submerged reef between Flinders Passage and Keeper Reef or run into Nares Rock, or even struck Cape Upstart.

State Library of New South Wales

The stimulus for this was David Scott Mitchell's offer of his extensive collection of Australiana, including the original journals of Abel Tasman and Matthew Flinders, to the people of New South Wales.

State Records Authority of New South Wales

(The name refers to HMS Investigator, in which Matthew Flinders completed the first circumnavigation of Australia, 1801-1803, and mapped much of the coast for the first time.

T.H.E. Cat

) This was unknown on TV at that time and rarely seen even in films (an exception was The Manchurian Candidate, the first Hollywood movie to show martial arts in realistic fashion instead of the 'judo chops' usually depicted).

Terra Australis

In the early 1800s, British explorer Matthew Flinders had popularized the naming of Australia after Terra Australis, giving his rationale that there was "no probability" of finding any significant land mass anywhere more south than Australia.

Thomas Earnshaw

In June 1801, Matthew Flinders' ship, HMS Investigator, carried two boxed Timekeepers by Earnshaw E520 and E543, at a cost of 100 Guineas each.

Wathaurong people

Matthew Flinders met several Wada Wurrung when he camped at Indented Head and climbed the You Yangs in May 1802.

Wollongong to Thirroul Bike Track

Here there are several plaques including one commemorating the shipwreck and one commemorating the landing of George Bass and Matthew Flinders in their 1796 expedition along the coast.

You Eediot!

The album cover is a parody of The Beatles album Abbey Road, showing Mr. Horse, Muddy Mudskipper, Stimpy, and Ren walking across the street in the place of the Beatles.


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